Overview

• Texas’ Republican-drawn congressional map cleared the state Senate and will take effect once Gov. Greg Abbott signs it, with Democrats preparing Voting Rights Act challenges.
• California’s Legislature advanced Proposition 50 to the Nov. 4 ballot to suspend the citizens’ redistricting commission and adopt a map designed to net Democrats five House seats.
• California Republicans filed a second emergency petition to the state Supreme Court to keep Prop. 50 off the ballot, alleging a single‑subject violation, premature mapmaking, and rushed procedures after an initial challenge was rejected.
• President Donald Trump said the Justice Department plans to sue California over the ballot plan, and Gov. Gavin Newsom responded publicly by inviting the legal fight; Secretary of State Shirley Weber is named in the state GOP filing.
• Public polling shows broad opposition to partisan gerrymandering, and officials in states such as Illinois, New York, Florida, Missouri and Indiana are weighing their own mid‑decade moves as a racial‑discrimination suit was also filed against Texas’ plan.